Shakarian

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Shakaryan.

Proper noun

Shakarian (plural Shakarians)

1. A surname from Armenian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shakarian is the 134712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 125 individuals. Shakarian is most common among White (93.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shakarian”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Blend of Shepard +‎ Vakarian.

Proper noun

Shakarian (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian from the video game series Mass Effect.
   • 2012 August 23, Jamie Summers (@darksakura), Twitter‎^[1]:

     There's not enough Shakarian on my dashboard right now. This is my Shepard and her Garrus. Don't judge me.

   • 2015 July 31, Sam Maggs (@SamMaggs), Twitter‎^[2]:

     UGH my whole Tumblr dash now is just Royai and Shakarian and [modified .gif of No Face from the animated film Spirited Away being knocked over by a wave labelled "feels"]

   • 2021 April 29, Kat Vakarian-Rutherford (@ShepardsKat), Twitter‎^[3]:

     Found some new Shakarian fic, you won’t hear from me tonight 😂

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shakarian.